A "plague" is not an epidemiological term, but one that refers to a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, such asbubonic plague. What It Means When a Disease Is Endemic Examples of Epidemics and Pandemics Endemics and pandemics have occurred throughout human history, ...
In a further demonstration of its pioneering status - when the plague struck, the city invented the concept of quarantine. It was in Venice that the ‘assembly line’ approach to manufacturing – in this case, shipbuilding – was invented. What is Venice Famous For: Water at its Heart When...
In Moses’ day, when Israel craved meat in the wilderness, the Lord sent quail. “While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck down the people with a very great plague” Interestingly, the...
The Protestant Reformation was a time of revolutionary change in Europe when breakaway sects from the Catholic Church became established religions in their own right. Many of the new Christian churches had the support of rulers who, for their own political ends, wanted a break from the powerful...
Polymath--the term some of us use when Renaissance man would be an understatement, may be the right category for Burgess. God did not make many of them. When I was a junior in college, I went to hear Burgess, then in his mid-50s, talk extemporaneously to maybe 250 undergraduate ...
Hackers may have adopted the term phishing because it sounds like fishing, a play on their goal of trawling for unsuspecting victims. The “ph” is part of a tradition of whimsical hacker spelling, and was probably influenced by the term “phreaking,” short for “phone phreaking...
“Cyber-attack” is an umbrella term used to describe a digital threat. These threats use various exploits and vectors, but they all cause downtime, data damage, theft, and malware installation. The type of threat determines the incident response steps necessary to eradicate the threat, but eve...
This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: The Sovereign LORD was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land.New Living TranslationThen the Sovereign LORD showed me another vision. I saw him preparing to punish his people with a great fire. The fire ...
Proponents of privatization argue that privately owned companies run businesses more economically and efficiently because they areprofit-incentivized to eliminate wasteful spending. Furthermore, private entities don’t have to contend with the bureaucratic red tape that can plague government entities. On th...
Taleb's book does not define the term grey swan and would classify such events as just commonplace risks. Black, grey, and white swans also vary in terms of the impact they are perceived to have. White swans are said to have little implications, impacting the life of one or a group of...